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My Kawai CA65 has arrived and I can not figure out how to layer two sounds assigned to the same group/button. Let's say Concert Grand and Mellow Grand.

I found this older post (see bellow), but it does not seem to work. May it works only on CA63/93? Please let me know if anybody found how to do this, since I am anxious to set up multiple presents designed by this forum members.

Thanks,

"To layer two sounds assigned to the same sound group, first press a SOUND SELECT button to select the initial sound, then press and hold the same SOUND SELECT button, and finally press the [up] or [down] buttons to select the desired layered sound"

First active 'Dual' mode by pressing two sound button simultaneously (e.g. PIANO1 and PIANO2). With 'Dual' mode active it should be possible to use the UP/DOWN buttons to alternate between the main and layered sound, then the LEFT/RIGHT buttons to cycle through the different instrument voices.

I have no problem to activate dual mode for the instruments assigned to a DIFFERENT buttons (i.e. Piano 1 and 2). The issue is to assign dual mode to the instruments under the SAME button (i.e. Concert Grand and Mellow Grand) so I can use presets developed by TADutchman were combination of instruments assigned to the SAME button are used most of the time.

If I follow steps described by you above, I can get into dual mode by selecting piano 1 and piano 2 buttons, mover up and down between the main and layering sound, and choose different sounds only WITHIN piano 1 category when left and right arrows pressed with cursor over main sound and only WITHIN piano 2 category when left and left and right arrows pressed with cursor over layering sound. Thus I can not see how I can select dual mode with Concert Grand and Concert Grand 2 for example (both belong to piano 1 button)

If I follow recommendation by TADutchmen - (see my initial post), - nothing happens when I press and then press and hold same button (piano 1 in this example).

It sounds to me that since upgrading of firmware on CA65 this option was lost. I wonder if there is a way to downgrade it, so this option would work. I bought this particular DP after long research, and one of the main reasons was that I can use and design user presents as described above. If I don't have this option, I'll have to consider switching to a different DP.

When I press and HOLD Piano 1 key and press up and down keys, the sound on the screen (and the LED light on the keys) moves to Piano 2, E.Piano, Organ etc, instead of showing different sounds from Piano 1 bank. If I use left and right keys while holding the piano 1 button, different sounds from within Piano 1 bank a shown, but it does not enter the dual mode

Even though you press two separate sound buttons, when you scroll through the second layered sound, it shouldn't be limited to the sound banks of the second button. You should be able to scroll all the way to sounds of any of the other buttons.

That's how it is with my CA95, and I'm assuming the firmware should be similar with the 65?